Yi Zhonghai walked around the small courtyard, walked into the main room, touched the wall, and rubbed the ash off his hands.
"Wenzhong, your little yard is really nice. It gets quite sunny in summer. Besides, this house really needs to be tidied up."
Zhou Wenzhong put down the wooden bars, squatted on the ground and started piecing together the wooden bed.
"yes."
"I have something to talk to you about today. There is a master in our factory who will leave the factory by the end of this month. The last time I promised to help you find a job has been completed. You will have to leave by the 25th of this month at the latest.
Before entering the factory to go through the succession procedures, you have to set aside a few days to familiarize yourself with the work with him in advance."
"Well, no problem. What job are you looking for for me?"
"Haha... Time is tight. I searched all over the factory and only found the job of bathhouse worker, which best meets the requirements you made that day."
Zhou Wenzhong nodded and said that this job is very good. It will be much more convenient for him to wash his clothes, take a bath and brush his shoes in the future. And it is completely in line with his current central idea of retirement. In addition, this job does not have any danger. If one day he
If you jump into the bathtub and drown, you can only blame your own fate for being like this.
"Master, you are serious."
When Yi Zhonghai heard this, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. Was Zhou Wenzhong complaining that the job he was looking for was not up to the mark?
"The job you found for me is very stimulating and I am very satisfied."
Yi Zhonghai felt underestimated again. Was Zhou Wenzhong tired of work?
"Although there is only one large bathhouse in the steel rolling mill, you will understand it when you see the bathhouse with your own eyes after you take over the shift. Moreover, this job is not very tiring to talk about your heart, and it is quite relaxing."
"One bathhouse? How do the lesbians in our factory take a bath?"
"There are only more than 700 female comrades in our steel rolling mill. They will go to the bathhouse to take a bath on Sundays. You don't need to go to work that day, so you can have a holiday as usual. On that day, there will be staff from the factory Women's Federation to guard the bathhouse, and use
I will clean you up after you go to the bathhouse."
"Oh oh oh... As long as the lesbians can take a bath smoothly, I'll be relieved. How many people are in charge of the bathhouse?"
"If I take you, there will be two people, and the other one is the clerk of the cleaning department. I usually don't participate in the management, and you basically have the final say."
"Oh oh oh...good, good...I'm very satisfied with this job."
These words sounded perfunctory to Yi Zhonghai, so he quickly explained the benefits of this job.
"This job is under the management of the cleaning department, and every month we are given one more piece of soap and one towel more than our workshop workers. Normally, all factory workers take turns to take a shower, and you know that we men are done after taking a shower and rinsing.
, you don’t have to worry about busy work at all, you can just go to that seat and collect bath tickets.”
Seeing that Zhou Wenzhong just kept his head down and worked without saying a word, Yi Zhonghai added: "It's not your problem for some employees to bring their children in. You can just let them flop around in the pool. As long as the bathhouse is not demolished, no one will care about it." .And the leaders in the factory don’t go to the employee bathhouse to take a bath at all, so you don’t have to worry about being caught. Working hours are also free. Workers who take baths only go to the employee bathhouse in the evening and noon after work. The leaders understand this. It takes up your time after get off work, but you are relatively free in the morning. You clean the house and put in hot water every morning. As long as you do these two tasks well, no one will care about you anymore."
Zhou Wenzhong sincerely feels that this job is very good, and it is almost tailor-made for him.
"How is my salary calculated?"
Seeing that Zhou Wenzhong was interested, Yi Zhonghai sat on the wooden bed, took out his cigarettes, and lit them.
"You are joining the factory to take over, and there is no apprenticeship period. In addition, the person before you is leaving the factory soon, so you can become a full-timer in one month. The first month will be paid 22 yuan and 50 cents. If you become a full-timer,
After that, the monthly salary will be 25 yuan and 50 cents. After that, the seniority salary will be increased by 1 yuan and 20 cents per year. For 1 year of service, the monthly salary will be increased by 1 cent! For 4 years of service, each
It’s just 40 cents added to the monthly salary. Just make sure you don’t make a mistake.”
Zhou Wenzhong has understood what Yi Zhonghai means. The work is easy but takes a long time. The daily work is not tiring. There is no way to increase the rating. Working until death is nothing more than an additional salary for seniority. That’s why he was given a salary of 22 yuan and 50 cents at the beginning.
, this is a pension job.
"Oh, I thought I could inherit my seniority."
"That's the kind of treatment only the families of workers who fell on the operating table get!"
"Oh I see."
Noticing that his tone was a bit anxious, Yi Zhonghai didn't even mention changing his age. He quickly stood up and helped assemble the wooden bed.
After working for a while and not hearing Zhou Wenzhong ask, Yi Zhonghai's thoughts began to move again.
"Wenzhong, haven't you noticed the changes in our courtyard?"
Zhou Wenzhong hit the wooden bar with the foot of the bed in his hand and replied: "Dong dong...dong...are you talking about the smell in the yard?"
"This is the dung that was retting in our yard a few days ago when the street office asked us to plant sweet potato vines."
"oh."
"I heard that you were in danger a few days ago? Haha... I also heard rumors from people in the courtyard."
Zhou Wenzhong put down the tools in his hands, and then recalled the scene of his aunt at the entrance of the courtyard, and finally combined with the scene of walking into the Zhou family's main room. It is probably that the people in the courtyard saw that he had not shown up for so many days, so they started to talk nonsense about his death.
.
"We are in danger."
Yi Zhonghai handed over a wooden stick and chased: "Is it serious?"
"Anyway, I'm still alive now, so what do you think about this?"
This answer made Yi Zhonghai look a little restless. He stood up and patted the dust on his body and said, "That's it for now. Wenzhong, don't forget that you have to enter the factory to go through the formalities on the 25th. I'll go home and rest for a while."
, later if you need manpower to clean up the house, or if there is still something missing at home, just say something. I will ask your brother Dongxu and brother Zhu to help you."
Zhou Wenzhong replied without raising his head: "No need."
Yi Zhonghai felt that this matter was a big deal. Zhou Wenzhong's usual style was "if you earn less, you will be compensated" and "If you don't pick up something, you will throw it away." Today, he didn't even want free labor. He wouldn't be looking for someone to assassinate his wife.
Has the matter been exposed?
Seeing Yi Zhonghai running out of the house in a panic, Zhou Wenzhong muttered: "Crazy."
He took off his coat and threw it on the wooden bed. The room was indeed stuffy.
Inside the Yi family in the middle courtyard.
The deaf old lady was sitting in the room. When she saw Yi Zhonghai come back with this look on his face, the aunt quickly closed the door and poured a glass of water to Yi Zhonghai.
"How's it going? How many did you find out?"
"Huh...I guess he knows everything."
The deaf old lady stood up on crutches and said: "What can we do if we know? If a bad guy like him can come back alive, it means that others are dead. Anyway, there is no proof of death, so what does it have to do with us? Besides, others are dead.
, can Bian San’s brothers agree? Just wait and see, Zhou Wenzhong will be a bad guy sooner or later, you two just pretend that nothing happened, what was like before, will be like in the future."
The deaf old lady finished speaking with a sneer, refused the aunt's support, opened the hall door and walked home.
"Lao Yi, what do you think our family should do?"
Yi Zhonghai stared at Aunt Ma, raised his hand and slapped her.
"Pah! I can't even hide from something, but you still jump forward happily."
The aunt covered her face and held in her breath without saying a word. Yi Zhonghai kicked the bench away and went into the house to sleep.
Zhou Wenzhong also stopped his drawing work here. He stood on the threshold of the main room and stared at the incense burning in the room. A few wisps of green smoke were gathering on the west wall at this time.
"well…"
Zhou Wenzhong sighed, turned around and walked to the north wall of the yard, then turned and looked in the direction of the main room. He took the last step of one meter and walked back to stand on the threshold of the main room.
"If the wind does not enter the house, the house will not be prosperous. The west wall of this Xuanwu position must be broken open for ventilation. If the water does not flow into the hall, wealth will not be prosperous. The underground water pipe in the courtyard has been rerouted, and it happens to be facing the Mingtang earth vein in my house, so this Zhuque position
The awning above the threshold needs to be dismantled. I will buy a large water tank in two days and place it in the Qinglong official position in the courtyard. Fortunately, the white tiger on the roof of this room is in a good position. I can’t say that there will be no lawsuits, at least it will not cause family quarrels.
.”
"Dong dong...dong dong..."
Zhou Wenzhong chuckled, "The free tool man is here, isn't he?"
"Who?"
"Your Uncle Yan."
Zhou Wenzhong opened the courtyard door and walked out, then closed the door, but there was still incense burning in his room. When the little old man Bao Buqi heard this, he went to report him for engaging in feudal superstition.
"What's the matter with you?"
Yan Bugui first rubbed his hands, then patted his chest and said: "Well...it's still about the IOU. Wen Zhong, please see if you can delay it for a while. I promise to definitely pay off the debt within one year."
"Okay, since you mentioned this, can I refuse?"
"thanks, thanks."
"You're welcome. You can go back first. I have to rest early. I have to work to clean up the house tomorrow."
"Hey, isn't it just about tidying up the house? Your little courtyard is really good after tidying up. Our family is liberated and Xie Kuang is still on vacation. I will ask them to come over tomorrow to help you. Just do whatever you need to do.
My lord, you can't be polite to Uncle Yan."
"Is this appropriate?"
Yan Bu said in a tone that did not tolerate refutation: "It's settled! Let them come over at 9:30 tomorrow morning. Resting at home all day can only feed the lazy meat. We have made an agreement! I will go home first.
Okay, you can rest."
"good."
"This is much better than inside the cliff cave. It's more comfortable at home."
Zhou Wenzhong closed the far door and returned to the bedroom, spread out his cotton-padded jacket as a mattress, and slept under his cotton-padded coat.
It was around 6 o'clock in the morning the next day.
Zhou Wenzhong was awakened by the sound of carts passing by in the alley outside, or by the clapping of old men and women going out for morning exercises.
Get dressed and go to the bedroom window, hold the window sill with both hands, jump out of the house and go straight to the toilet. This is the advantage of living in a reverse house. The toilet is close, so you don't need to go through the door and just jump out of the window.
"Hey! Wen Zhong is back? I haven't seen you in a while."
"Haha...has Uncle Sun eaten?"
"One meal a day."
"Okay, please stay busy, I'll go wash my face first."
"You were absent from several meetings in our yard. Mr. Wang from the street office asked you to go see him when you came back. It was probably about planting sweet potatoes in your yard."
"Okay, thank you. I'll wait until they're at work to save me a lot of time."
"well…"
Zhou Wenzhong returned to his home again, and the smile on his face had disappeared.
"There's something wrong with this. The Zhou family was afraid when they saw me coming back because they were occupying my bed, so they didn't dare to mention it. This is understandable. If people in the courtyard spread rumors that I'm dead, then Yan Bugui
Why didn't you ask yesterday? Uncle Sun smiled when he saw me today and didn't mention where I was going. He was not surprised when he saw me.
Neither of them asked about it. Only Yi Zhonghai asked me about my experience in distress in the house yesterday. And his wife scared the urinal at the gate yesterday. She obviously didn't believe that I could come back alive. I was still wondering.
Why has Yi Zhonghai changed his temper? He usually hides away from me when he sees me, but last night he even reached out to help me move things. His feelings are just to trick me. These are a bunch of beasts. I originally planned to ignore you.
, I didn’t expect that you guys would dare to make small moves.”
Zhou Wenzhong took out a whole Codonopsis root from the space and held it in his mouth, holding his arms and thinking about it. The sweet taste in his mouth made his mind clearer.